Symptomatic hypoglycemia in children receiving oral purine analogues for treatment of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia

Medical and Pediatric Oncology

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 32-34

  Ziino, Ottavio ^a   Russo, Delia ^a   Orlando, Maria Antonietta ^b   Benigno, Vincenzo ^a   Locatelli, Franco ^a   Aricò, Maurizio ^a  

^a Ospedale dei Bambini G Di Cristina   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

ALL; Childhood cancer; Complications; Hypoglycemia; Purine analogues

Indexed keywords

MERCAPTOPURINE; METHOTREXATE; PURINE DERIVATIVE; TIOGUANINE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ALERTNESS; ARTICLE; CHILDHOOD LEUKEMIA; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAUSEA; PALLOR; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWEATING; SYMPTOM;

6-MERCAPTOPURINE; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; ASPARAGINASE; BLOOD GLUCOSE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYTARABINE; DAUNORUBICIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOGLYCEMIA; ITALY; LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOCYTIC, ACUTE, L1; MALE; METHOTREXATE; PREDNISONE; PURINES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; VINCRISTINE;

EID: 0036102163     PISSN: 00981532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mpo.10097     Document Type: Article

References (5)

1. Long-term results of large prospective trials in childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia
2. Importance of oral antimetabolite "maintenance" therapy in childhood lymphoblastic leukemia
3. Fasting hypoglycemia is common during maintenance therapy for childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia
4. Long term results of the Italian Association of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology (AIEOP) acute lymphoblastic leukaemia studies, 1982-1995
5. Case report: Liver glycogen synthase deficiency-a cause of ketotic hypoglycemia